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Definition of Assouan
1. Noun. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Arab Republic Of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Assouan
| Astacidae Astacura Astaire Astalak |
Literary usage of Assouan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year by Ibrahim-Hilmy (1888)
"assouan to Korosko. Sketches. Tlie Illustrated London News, vol. ... assouan.
South End of Harbour, assouan. Sketch in The Illustrated London News, vol. ..."
2. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1905)
"SAFETY OF THE GREAT assouan DAM The great success that has attended the operation
of the assouan dam, in extending the area of cultivable land in Egypt, ..."
3. A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (1878)
"CHAPTER X. assouan and Elephantine. THE green island of Elephantine, which is
about a mile in length, lies opposite assouan and divides the Nile in two ..."
4. New Egypt by Amédée Baillot de Guerville (1905)
"ALTHOUGH the distance separating Luxor from assouan is only 13o miles, ...
I returned from assouan to Cairo by rail, and I do not think I ever swallowed so ..."
5. The Monuments of Upper Egypt: A Translation of the "Itinéraire de la Haute by Auguste Mariette (1890)
"15 " Ombos to assouan 27| From ... to assouan . ... to assouan 601 miles. Ombos is
passed on the way from ..."
6. Travels in Nubia by John Lewis Burckhardt (1819)
"AFTER having visited most of the celebrated ruins in the valley of the Nile, I
arrived at assouan on the 22d of February,, being actuated by a strong desire ..."
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